What is the difference between a negitive sign and a subtraction sign?

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amistre64 · Answer

nothing at all really

amistre64 · Answer

-4 means the opposite of 4

+(-4) means to add the opposite of 4

-4 means to add the opposite of 4 ....  or subtract; same thing

amistre64 · Answer

5-4 means 5+(-4) means -(-5)+(-4) means ....

anonymous · Answer

okay i get it

anonymous · Answer

So the floor just below the lobby, Lower Level One, can I call it floor Negative One?

amistre64 · Answer

you can, the mailroom wont mind

anonymous · Answer

Ah, you're giving away your age. They don't have mailrooms anymore. They send a memo by email.

anonymous · Answer

The floor one level below floor 1 can be minus one for laymen, but it would be zero for mathematicians.

anonymous · Answer

Goodness, I would have gotten that one wrong.